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Herschel14775

From:
[J.?] Herbert
To:
[Spencer J. A. Compton?]
Date:
n.d.
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-1003; Reel 1083
Summary:

[Extract, in JH's hand, of letter:] Ask JH to determine exact price of telescope and time of its delivery. Commissioners are aware that observatory will need equatorially mounted telescope as soon as 'measurements of Lacaille's base' are completed.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3479

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Spencer J. A. Compton?]
Date:
[16 November 1841]
Source of text:
RS MM.11.158
Summary:

Recommends that William Parsons be awarded Royal Medal for 'Account of Experiments on the Reflecting Telescope.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3382

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Spencer J. A. Compton?]
Date:
[15 December 1841]
Source of text:
RS MM.11.159
Summary:

Wishes not to be re-elected as chair of R.S.L. Physical Committee, feeling that JH's distance from London and other occupations impede Committee's efficiency.

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John Herschel Project
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